"Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of Godâ€™s holiness and our sinfulness."

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Source : C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.17, Multnomah

C. J. Mahaney

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“He couldn't say it. He couldn't tell her how much she had come to mean to him. She could destroy him with her rejection. If she had feigned her feelings for him - if he'd bought into her lies and her quest for freedom... He wasn't sure what he would do. He could hurt her.”
“I'm just trying to do my best every day, hoping that I have done my best every day, and its very easy in a way, but also it's not that easy. Every day counts.”
“In fact, among the 1000 titles which I have recorded in the past 35 years, there are less than 10% of classical titles.”
“When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.”
“A man who excels in creating new things is the one who is good at dreaming when not sleeping.”
“But when the flash flood crosses your path, when the lion leaps at you from the grasses, advanced self-awareness is an unaffordable indulgence. The brain stem does its best.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.220, Head of Zeus
“I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it really is a moral view, and that is that the taking of life is not the way to handle even the most significant of crimes...Who amongst anyone is not above redemption? I think we have to be careful in executing final judgment. The one thing my faith teaches me-I don't get to play God. I think you are short-cutting the whole process of redemption...I don't want to be the person that stops that process from taking place.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.' She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Morning Gift”, p.126, Pan Macmillan

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